- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Puryear's Mill, Clarke County, Georgia, between 1915 and 1920]
- Date of Original:
- 1915/1920
- Subject:
- Cotton gins and ginning--Georgia--Athens
Gristmills--Georgia--Athens
Architecture--Georgia--Clarke County
Business--Georgia--Clarke County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, 33.95117, -83.36733
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Clarke County, 1915-1920. Puryear's Mill on Cedar Creek, ginning cotton and ground corn. Later kerosene engine added circa 1915 (left wing) for second gin. First gin was water-powered - little building upper right had stove in it so Puryear could keep warm while milling all night in winter. Wheel twenty-six feet in diameter five feet wide. Cast at Athens Foundry. Mill dismantled 1945. Wheel bought and cut down in still [ . . . ] by Charles Williams."--from field notes
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_clr043
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:clr043
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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